Senior Cloud Engineer
Ares Wealth Management Solutions
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Design cloud focused solutions leveraging modern DevOps tools and methodologies to modernize legacy systems and infrastructure
- Design and implement cloud solutions using Azure services, such as virtual machines, storage accounts, app services, functions, logic apps, etc.
- Function as a senior engineer for platforms, technologies and processes owned and supported by the Cloud Services team
- Contribute as a lead to junior team members, providing L2/L3 support as-needed
- Manage and troubleshoot Azure systems and applications using administration tools and scripts
- Optimize and secure the Azure infrastructure using best practices and policies
- Monitor and maintain the availability and reliability of the Azure environment
- Analyze business needs and propose Azure solutions that meet the project objectives and budget
- Implement tools and solutions to integrate, automate and orchestrate infrastructure operational needs
- Develop automation processes leveraging PowerShell, JSON and other scripting utilities
- Identify technology gaps, recommend architecture/product changes to increase stability and reliability
- Translate business requirements into functional and technical details and assist in formulating solutions
- Provide infrastructure systems support and perform root cause analysis of issues
- Identify opportunities to improve business processes; recommending solutions to improve scalability, redundancy, and operational efficiency
- Maintain Jira tasks, Confluence documentation and participate in team stand-ups
- Document architectural standards and processes around those standards
- 7+ years of total experience as an enterprise IT infrastructure engineer
- 5+ years of Azure experience designing and supporting large scale ecosystems
- Experience with designing, implementing, and operating Azure Site Recovery or other DR to cloud solution
- Experience with migrating on-premises workloads to Microsoft Azure
- Experience with infrastructure Configuration tools (Terraform, Ansible, etc.)
- Scripting languages required: PowerShell and Python
- Experience with Identity Solutions such as Microsoft Active Directory, Azure AD, OKTA, etc.
- Experience with Windows Server and Linux operating systems
- GIT basics and branching strategies
- Experience with Terraform and AKS
- Knowledge of cloud security controls including tenant isolation, security handling at infra, network, resource, application and data level, vulnerability assessments, application firewalls, SIEM, etc.
- Experience with modern service hosting, security, and risk management concerns such as IAM, access control, monitoring, IaaS/PaaS/SaaS, and containers
- Experience working in Private/Public/Hybrid Clouds
- Network Security & knowledge of WAN and LAN technologies
- Extensive practical knowledge of all layers of the OSI network model
- Strong business analysis skills - capturing and documenting requirements
- Experience with a large, functionally diverse, and informed user base that demands high quality applications
- Network technology experience
- Working knowledge of high-level network architecture
- Assess & review application data flow diagrams
- Practical experience with data backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery
- Dependable, great attitude, highly motivated and a team player
- Ability to extract meaningful information from extensive research and analysis to effectively present facts and findings in a digestible format; a keen eye for attention to detail
- A self-directed individual with a can-do attitude, willing to work in an energetic, collaborative and fast-paced environment, proactive in nature, and a proven ability to learn quickly, display flexibility and adaptability while resolving issues with minimal supervision
- Proven outstanding communication (written and verbal), presentation, documentation, and interpersonal skills
- Ability to communicate technical information to non-IT audiences
- Experience managing internal and external stakeholders and leading project prioritization discussions to drive product vision and roadmap
- Ability to successfully manage multiple priorities and competing demands; strong time management and prioritization skills
- High accuracy and detail orientation; confident decision-making skills
- Good judgment in terms of escalating issues vs. solving problems independently
- A solutions-oriented, self-starter and ability to see the big picture
- An analytical mind and a passion/interest in bringing new ideas to increase efficiency of existing processes
- Comfort in dealing with ambiguity and uncertainty in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
- Ability to be flexible in terms of hours in order to coordinate with team members across various time zones
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or equivalent technical proficiency and professional work experience
- Microsoft / Azure certifications